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Friday, October 18, 2013

In March 1992 a man living in Newton near Boston, Massachusetts
received a bill for his as yet unused credit card stating that he owed
$0.00. He ignored it and threw it away.

In April he received another and threw that one away too. The
following month the credit card company sent him a very nasty note stating
they were going to cancel his card if he didn't send them $0.00.

He called them, talked to them, they said it was a computer error and
told him they'd take care of it.

The following month he decided that it was about time that he tried
out the troublesome credit card figuring that if there were purchases on
his account it would put an end to his ridiculous predicament.

However, in the first store that he produced his credit card in
payment for his purchases he found that his card had been canceled.

He called the credit card company who apologized for the computer
error once again and said that they would take care of it. The next day he
got a bill for $0.00 stating that payment was now overdue.

Assuming that having spoken to the credit card company only the
previous day the latest bill was yet another mistake he ignored it,
trusting that the company would be as good as their word and sort the
problem out.

The next month he got a bill for $0.00 stating that he had 10 days to
pay his account or the company would have to take steps to recover the
debt.

Finally giving in, he thought he would play the company at their own
game and mailed them a check for $0.00. The computer duly processed his
account and returned a statement to the effect that he now owed the credit
card company nothing at all.

A week later, the man's bank called him asking him what he was doing
writing a check for $0.00. After a lengthy explanation the bank replied
that the $0.00 check had caused their check processing software to fail.

The following month the man received a letter from the credit card
company claiming that his check had bounced and that he now owed them
$0.00 and unless he sent a check they would be taking steps to recover the
debt.

The man, who had been considering buying his wife a computer for her
birthday, bought her an 'old fashion' typewriter instead.

[ Author Unknown
-- received from Chris Long (chris@laughandlift.com) ]

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Monday, October 14, 2013

A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on
it were able to swim to a small, desert like island. The two survivors, not
knowing what else to do, agree that they had no other recourse but to pray to
God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide
the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.
The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man
saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land and he was able to eat its
fruit. The other man’s parcel of land remained barren!
After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a wife.
The next day, there was a woman who swam to his side of the land. On the other
side of the island, again there was nothing!
Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more food. The next day,
like magic, all of these were given to him. However, the second man still had
nothing!
Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife could leave
the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at his side of the island.
The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second
man on the island. He considered the other man unworthy to receive God’s
blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered.
As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven
booming, “Why are you leaving your companion on the island?”
“My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them,” the
first man answered. “His prayers were all unanswered and so he does not deserve
anything.”
“You are mistaken!” the voice rebuked him. “He had only one prayer, which I
answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my blessings.”
“Tell me, O God,” the first man asked the voice, “What did he pray for that
I should owe him anything?”
“He prayed that all your prayers be answered.”
For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone, but
those of another praying for us.

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